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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 1, 2014Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2014, 8:22 PM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 2, 2014, 4:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 1, 2014, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2014, 4:31 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr (DEMI4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 1, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 1, 11:12 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 42 more	10 hr
Oct 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.